I'm not sure I understand your question.

If they're in a table, you don't have to put them into a temporary file first.

* setup, at some point you put them in the table:
CREATE CURSOR x (onefield w)
APPEND BLANK
APPEND MEMO onefield from (GETFILE("gif"))

* so now you want to load them:
_screen.AddObject("x","image")
_screen.X.PictureVal = x.onefield
_screen.x.Visible = .t.

I understand that you're saying you want to load it into a listbox, fine, but a listbox picture property doesn't take an object reference, right? It takes a filename. (or have I mis-remembered this? it's been a long time <g>)

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